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carol barkwell | 8 March 2014

It will remain the responsibility of social services to assess and provide for need. It is not in their interest to fail people. If the voluntary / private sector can develop their services to be reactive to needs then more people can be supported in the coming years for the same investment .
The current supply and demand are affected by direct payments and people choosing what and where they wish to receive their support. Many choosing the alternaties.
The staff from the county provision will not hopefully disappear from the care market.
Perhaps if they believe in their ability to deliver then they can set up new centres of excellence in the open market. Competing on the same footing
Good provision will be chosen. People vote with their feet.
Management buy outs and service delivery can continue . If these highly trained staff groups believe then they can negotiate and continue. There are seeral venues that can be developed
We provide Day services across 20 centres ranging from sports clubs, converted stables, community centres, sheltered housing dayrooms, village halls, pubs , old hospital hub and a cafe . We also deliver one to one services via vouchers for sitting services and individualised support for direct payments clients. We support 250 people from ages 18 to 104 . We have invested heavily in training and knowledge. We are happy to work with local in-house teams to help them look at alternatives for their clients so they can continue to support them if they have really strong desire to do so. We can help with business models and funding ideas. If we all work together we will end up with good , fit for purpose services for the future that we can afford to deliver for all those in need. The energy we all have needs to be channelled to achieve exciting opportunities for support solutions.